Cooking or culinary utensil.



lul improvement in the vessel particularly vessel fitting snug lILEltOY Il. lilil'fs, Oi." PLA COOKING 01% CULINARY UTEN 81L.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Ya'tentetl March 10, 1908;

Application filed May 29, 1907. Eleriai Tic. 376,379.

T o a]? whom it 11m 3 concern: 1 Be it known at .l, Lnnor J. lliiiriis, a citizen of the United States. and resident of llaiiji'iield, in the cininty ol lnion and State l l of New Jersey have invented. s new and useor Tnhn ary ospccihcr.

c ocking Utensils, of which the following tion.

The subject of this invention a culinary utensil comprising a containingsupiorted within nnfiannular plate or like sustaining dcvice by means oi oblique ribs on the outside oi the said vessel so that a rotary inoveinei'it ol" the ve l will shift it up or down and cause it to be sustained autoin atically'at any height to which it may i. .rct.

The annularjsustaining device commonly constitutes the top plate of an on tcr roce 'iiir cle in which the rmtaining vessel may be adjusted up or down, but sue-l miterreii'cptaclc, in. its entirety, is not essci'itial to the mechan ical operation oi" vertical adjustment of the containing vessel and supporting it at variable height. In this type of utensils the outer receptacle is usually formed with a hottoni, adapting it to contain water, but said outer receptacle is sometimes made without a bottom to act as a ilue or jacket for eon'linl ing heat around the inner vessel. The inner S vessel may he formed with. a tight bottom, as in the case of steam cookers or when used with a bottomless outer receptacle, or the in.- ner vessel may be provided with a pereol atorbottom, either fixed or removable, adapting 'lor brewing collce, in which case the outer receptacle, "(or coll'ec pot) must of course have bottom.

My improved cooking; or culimny utensil in its complete form, thus comprises asuit. able outer receptacle, (with or without a l ottom) having an 0' on mouth. and an inner i y within the open mouth ofthe outer receptacle, and means adapting; the inner vessel to bereadily adjusted in l heightwithin the-outer receptacle and nutomaticallysupported at any height at which it'may beset. 'lheinner vessel is.prelerahly niadciol gl ass or porcelain, but it may be c-on-. veniently formed of tin or other material commonly used in the innnn'lactnrc oi cooking utensils.

Under the improved cmistruction which is the subject of my present application the. means of guiding the inner vessel in its vertical movement within the miter ltK'iPiltlt! and supporlng it at any height cl adjustl l l l l Inent, consist of ribs or grooves on one member inclined from vertical position and preterahly spiral in form, and counterpart recesses. or projections on the other member, engaging slight rotary movement of the" cl may be moved up'or so that by a hand the initier ve; down and automatically guided in such vermanipulation with the iccessary with interlocking horizonal pro ject-ions or horizontal lugs engaging with a no tcl'ied -luiri ion tal flange heretofore in use.

in the accompanying iilra'wing Figure 1 is a sectional elevation, illustrating my l1l'l orovcd cookii'ig or culinary utensil in the crux oi a coffee pot, showing an outer recepta-cle with a notcl'icd annular top and the in nor vessel with external spiral ribs formed or applied thereon and engaging with the i'iotcherl annular top of the outer receptacle. Fig. 2 a horizonta section on the line i k-2, Fig. 1, showing the outer receptacle in plan view. Fig. 3 I iication in which the inner vessel is formed with spiral grooves instead of projecting ribs; Fig. t shows a horizontal section of the inner vessel. and a plan of the annular su )porting plate with ears projecting inward Tom the annular r pl.ate. or top ot the outer receptacle so as toning-age the cirt-ernal spiral grooves on is an elevation showing a 1nod1- ticsl movement and will rest supported at any height at which it set, without special aid o'l': vision, as was view, snowing a fragment of thecontaining vessel in elevation and a flanged annular supporting plate in vertical section.

I. ha e illustrated arid will now describe my im "cintion in its application to a coffee pot; but l would have it understood that I do not intend to limit my invention to this particular use. but intend to cover it as a cooking or culinary utensil for any purpose to which the invention may be applicable. With this ex 'ilsnation it will be clear that it is ininuitcrial to the nature and scope oi my inve'i'ition whether or not the annular supporting plate tin-ms the top of an outer receptacle as shown inliig. 1, or what form ol" outer receptacle. is used, or whether it is the inner vessel providi-nl with a percols-tor-bcttoin or a closedbottmn, the main 5 mode with or without a bottom or whether ft ltl'lllt of my invention relating to means for holding the inncrvesselin the desirod pdsit-ion oi" adjustment within the annular-slipporting plate or outer receptacle. '9

l. is a receptacle, shown in the term of??? rial 12, which forms eofl'ee pot, with spout i2, and a handle 3. The spout 2 may handle 3 may be changed when the receptacle is designed to contain water for other cooking purposes. The bottom ol receptacle l 111:1)ttlso be omitted when it is to serve. only as a supporting casing for routining the. around the inner vessel hereinal'ter referred to. The outer receptacle 1 is l'ormed at its top with an inturned flange or annular supporting plate 5, forming the wall of the open mouth 6. This; annular top or plate 5 is notched or recessed at intervals, as shown at 7 for the purpose which will presently appear.

1.0 is the inner vessel which is preferably formed of glass or porcelain, but may be formed of tin or other material usually employed in the manufacture of cooking uten- 'sils. The lower end of the inner vessel 10 is covered with a removable percolator gauze or cloth 11 for the purpose which is well un derstood. For steam cooking, and for use with the open bottom receptacle the lower end of vessel It) may have an im perforate bottom. Adjacent to the top upon the outer surface of the inner vessel 10 is secured a ring of wood or other non heat-conducting matea handle by which the inner vessel may be handled and adjusted. Other forms of handles may be used if preferred. The top of the inner vessel 10 is tightly closed by a snugly fitting cover 13 of ordinary construction, provided with a enstoniary knob or handle 14.

I be omitted, and the form. of l In order to provide for the ready adjustmerit of the mner vessel It) at any height in the annular supporting plate 5 or outer receptacle 1 and adapt it to rest, autonuuically supported, in any position to which it is moved, l: fornror othtn'wisc rigidly secure upon the outer surface ol the inner vessel a. series of inclined ribs 20 as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, or grooves in lieu thereof, as illustrated in Figs. 2; and 4'.

.[n the illustration shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the spiral ribs or [hinges 20, preferably three in number, engage and slide easily in the radial notches or recesses 7 in the annular supporting plateiorming the top or llangc 5 ol the outer receptacle 1, resting in said auuular top or plate with sullicient l'rict ion to sup port the inner vessel at any height to which it may be adjusted but permitting it to be readily moved up or down by a rotary movcment ol" the inner vessel cit her to the right; or left; (according to whether it is to be lowered orraised within the annular plate or outer receptacle) either with or without a slight Vertical pressure ol the hand. lu thus adjustiru; the inner vessel up or down the spiral ribs act as threads ol a screw and s rvc as guides so that any luu'uss .1 with. the eye, in setting" the in adjusted and supported position,

in the n'lodilication shown in Figures 3 and the me eliect is produced by spiral 5 termed on the inner vessel HI, en-- gaging with. tongues or projection: an e);- tending inward l'rom the nuu'grin ol' the an nular supp rting plate 5. i

The utility ot my invention will he clearly understood without detail explanation. in brewing eoll'ee, the ground coli'ee is, or" course, placed within the vessel 10 upon the percolator cl th or gauze It, and boiling water poured into the top of the vessel Hi. In starting the operation, the vessel J 0 may be tillOVlCtl to remain in its lowermost position so as to retain the eoll'ee submerged in the lmilinpwater during the few; moments of boiling or brewing after which the vessel 10 is meferably raised in the neceptacle and supported above the liquid to drain, thereby avoiding the deleterious ell'ect oi allowing the coll'ee rounds to remain too long in the liquor. ()r, by supporting the vessel 10 at a sullicient distance above the bottom of the receptacle 1, with the ground coffee in the vessel 10, what is known as drip eollee can be made by pourim the boiling water it )on the notice and al owing it to pert'iolate through.

Other forms oi" cooking utensils embtulying, my invention. will readily suggest themselves from the foregoiiu, specification:---my invention rt'slatiug to the means for adjustably supporting an inner vc eel in an annular supporting plate or outer recc 'itucle.

Whether in the form of ribs as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 or grooves as illustrated in Fig 3 and 4-, the spirals on the inner vessel cot'meratiiu; with ctninterpart notches or projectious, as the case may be on the margin of the anmilar plate 5 form shoulders to guide the inner vessel in its vertical :uljustinent and automatically support it wherever set.

in like manner the recesses in the inner margin of the annular top of the outer receptacle may be narrow notches to receive the external spiral ribs on the inner vessel as illusliu-itcd in Figs. 1 and 13 or they may be wide recesses intervening between the projections which engage the spiral grooves on the outside of the inner vessel as illustrated in Figs. .1 and -t.

Having thus described my invention, the

'l'ollowing is what l claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. in a cooking or culinary utensil the combination ol a cont-lining vessel provided on its outside with oblique or spirally ar-- ranged shoulders, and an annular supporting plate having a recessed inner margin coopcrutingr with the shoulders on the containingvessel to ell'ect the raising or lowcrinu ol' said vessel by rotary motion imparted thereto and sustain it at, any height to which it may be adjusted.

2. ln, :1. cooking; or culinary utensil, the

lift] combination of an outer receptacle formed with a notched or recessed mouth or opening and an inner vessel provided on its outside with spirally arranged shoulders cooperating 4 with the notches or recesses in. the mouth of i the outer receptacle so as to guide the inner vessel in its vertical movement and support it in any position in which it may be set.

3. In a cooking or culinary utensil the 1 combination of an outer receptacle formed 1 With a recessed annular top and an inner vessel adjustably supported in said recessed annular top by means of upwardly extended 1 and obliquely arranged shoulders on the exterior of the inner vessel. i-

4. In a cooking or culinary utensil the combination of an outer receptacle formed- I with a recessed annular top and an lnner vessel provided on its outer surface with spiral or oblique shoulders cooperating with the recessed annular top of the outer receptacle, to effect the vertical movement of the inner vessel by rotary movement impartedto the latter, and to sustain it at any height to which it may beset.

' LEROY J ELLIS, \Vitnesses: I I

WM. E. KNIGHT,

Josnrn J. SCHMIDT. 

